Constable suspended for detainees death

BALASORE: A constable was suspended following the death of a detainee on Thursday evening. The body of Ajay Biswal (45) of Bankipada village was found a few metres away from the Iswarpur police outpost. While the cops claimed that Biswal had fled  the outpost, his wife alleged he was beaten to death and then dumped. Biswal was detained for allegedly harassing a girl. Biswal’s wife Kausalya alleged that the constable, Manoranjan Mahalik beat him up mercilessly on Wednesday night and threw his body in the nearby paddy field where he died failing to bear the police excesses.As the news spread, the villagers gheraoed the outpost demanding action against Mahalik. Nilagiri MLA Pratap Sarangi, Tahsildar Sarat Behera, SDPO Siba Charan Mallick and Iswarpur outpost in-charge Pitambar Mohapatra rushed to the spot and pacified the agitators. Meanwhile, SP Rajesh Kumar suspended the erring constable. “A probe has been ordered,” he said. SDPO Mallick, however, said preliminary investigation revealed that he had committed suicide by consuming poison.